Back in the day, I used to be in Red
Hat's Content and
Collaboration Management group, building web applications, mainly
for content management. For the last year or so I have been working on
the development and deployment of our content management system for a
large client. Before Red Hat, I worked at the now defunct Arsdigita, a
startup company built on the dreams of talented geeks and brought down
by the nightmares of bad management.

Once upon a time, I earned a PhD from
Purdue University,
where Jörg Peters was my
advisor. My area of specialization is Computer Aided Geometric
Design. CAGD is, roughly, what you need when you want to use smooth
curves or surfaces on a computer. It uses some classical geometry, a lot of
numerical mathematics and a pinch of computer science. How big a pinch
depends on whether you actually want something that works or only something
that you know could be made to work.

For further information on my background, have a look at my
resume or look at a list of
publications.